What is very clear from the uprising in Tunisia and Egypt is that ummah wants change and is capable of bringing about change. However, the west governments and their media is portraying this call for change to be secular and democratic change in the Muslim world and claiming that it is a victory for the kufr system and ideology. Slogans such as 'Democracy', 'Freedom', 'Human Rights' and other western slogans should be understood how Muslims understand them in the Muslims in the Muslim world. The Muslims do not understand them in the ideological sense as in the west but rather they used as to express the injustices experience by them in face of the tyrant regimes.

Democracy - When Muslims call for Democracy they don't mean sovereignty to man over sovereignty over sharia, rather than mean the Muslims should appoint their own leaders and not imposed upon them by the west like Mubarak over the last 30 years.

Freedom - The call for freedom is a reaction against the state brutality against anyone opposing the regime, and being imprisoned and killed as a result. Muslims are not calling for freedom in the western sense of the term, where our prophet can be abused in the name of freedom of speech.

Human Rights - Call for human rights is a reaction to the police state in the Muslim world, where Muslims are falsely accused, harassed, spied upon and tortured.

Moreover, the Muslim Ummah is an Islamic Ummah and motivated by the aqeedah and a desire to live by Islam which has been shown surveys after surveys that they seek role of Islam in politics, implementation of the sharia, unity of the Muslim lands etc.Although it is good news that Muslim ummah are moving towards taking control of their own affairs, but there is real danger that emotions and momentum for change will be hijacked by the regimes and the western powers by making cosmetic changes such changing the face of the regimes and making minor concessions and partial policy changes to relief poverty. To offset against this risk we must realise four points:

1. Radical Change - The changes that is required is not reform, change of faces, policies - this will only sap the energy of the Muslims and the efforts and sacrifices of the Muslims will be put to waste. Also just prolong the life of these regimes and kufr systems. The change must be radical - must remove the regimes and the kufr system.

2. Public Opinion for Islam - The Muslim Ummah must articulate clearly and create a strong public opinion for the Islamic system as the alternative system that will provide dignity, justice, decent living and peace. This requires that Ummah has deep knowledge of the systems of Islam as a solution the contemporary problems in the Muslim world.

Khilafah / Democracy - Instead of calling for Democracy, the Muslim Ummah must call for the Khilafah, which gives them the right to appoint their leader through the process of baya to the Khaleefah. Islam has detailed the process - it is done via the Majlis al-Ummah to short list the candidates and appoint one of them, like the Khulfah Rashida.

Accountability / Freedom - Rather than calling for freedom as a basis the Islamic system has detailed the ways in which the Muslims can account their rulers on the basis of Islam. In Islam accounting the ruler is fard not just a civic right. Accounting rulers is one of the most important duties in Islam and it's considered the best of Jihad.

What is very clear from the uprising in Tunisia and Egypt is that ummah wants change and is capable of bringing about change. However, the west governments and their media is portraying this call for change to be secular and democratic change in the Muslim world and claiming that it is a victory for the kufr system and ideology. Slogans such as 'Democracy', 'Freedom', 'Human Rights' and other western slogans should be understood how Muslims understand them in the Muslims in the Muslim world. The Muslims do not understand them in the ideological sense as in the west but rather they used as to express the injustices experience by them in face of the tyrant regimes.

Democracy - When Muslims call for Democracy they don't mean sovereignty to man over sovereignty over sharia, rather than mean the Muslims should appoint their own leaders and not imposed upon them by the west like Mubarak over the last 30 years.

Freedom - The call for freedom is a reaction against the state brutality against anyone opposing the regime, and being imprisoned and killed as a result. Muslims are not calling for freedom in the western sense of the term, where our prophet can be abused in the name of freedom of speech.

Human Rights - Call for human rights is a reaction to the police state in the Muslim world, where Muslims are falsely accused, harassed, spied upon and tortured.

Moreover, the Muslim Ummah is an Islamic Ummah and motivated by the aqeedah and a desire to live by Islam which has been shown surveys after surveys that they seek role of Islam in politics, implementation of the sharia, unity of the Muslim lands etc.Although it is good news that Muslim ummah are moving towards taking control of their own affairs, but there is real danger that emotions and momentum for change will be hijacked by the regimes and the western powers by making cosmetic changes such changing the face of the regimes and making minor concessions and partial policy changes to relief poverty. To offset against this risk we must realise four points:

1. Radical Change - The changes that is required is not reform, change of faces, policies - this will only sap the energy of the Muslims and the efforts and sacrifices of the Muslims will be put to waste. Also just prolong the life of these regimes and kufr systems. The change must be radical - must remove the regimes and the kufr system.

2. Public Opinion for Islam - The Muslim Ummah must articulate clearly and create a strong public opinion for the Islamic system as the alternative system that will provide dignity, justice, decent living and peace. This requires that Ummah has deep knowledge of the systems of Islam as a solution the contemporary problems in the Muslim world.

Khilafah / Democracy - Instead of calling for Democracy, the Muslim Ummah must call for the Khilafah, which gives them the right to appoint their leader through the process of baya to the Khaleefah. Islam has detailed the process - it is done via the Majlis al-Ummah to short list the candidates and appoint one of them, like the Khulfah Rashida.

Accountability / Freedom - Rather than calling for freedom as a basis the Islamic system has detailed the ways in which the Muslims can account their rulers on the basis of Islam. In Islam accounting the ruler is fard not just a civic right. Accounting rulers is one of the most important duties in Islam and it's considered the best of Jihad.